Deputies responded to a report of an accidental shooting in the 140 block of Metz Road around 12:10 p.m., according to sheriff's spokeswoman Patty Stoyer.

Deputies discovered the teen had accidentally shot his brother, who was declared dead at the scene, she said, adding no further information was available.

Investigators were still at the scene at 8 p.m. in the neighborhood south of Perris High School, off Perris Boulevard.

Perris Mayor Daryl Busch has lived across the street from where the shooting occurred for 40 years, but was golfing at the time of the shooting when he received a call from Perris City Manager Richard Belmudez.

“He knew it was on the street where I live,” Busch said.

Busch said the family has lived in the home six to eight months and that he has only spoken with the boys' father a couple of times.

“They were really, really quiet, a pleasant family,” Busch said. “They would come and go and keep to themselves.”

Luciano Gonzalez, 35, who has lived in the neighborhood for five years call it “quiet.”.

“Nothing ever happens here,” he said. “We’d never imagined this.”

Gonzalez did not hear any gunshots and doesn't know the family, but said he feels sympathy.

“I have kids, too, so it's sad just to think about,” he said. “All you can do is pray for them.”

Although the circumstances of how the teen got the gun are unclear, Gonzalez said the tragedy is a wake-up call for gun owners.

“For the parents out there, put your guns away,” he said. “You have kids, you have guns, you have to do what you can to be safe.”

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